i was at the last ever group b rally the olympus servicing for a friend of mine that was entered in a group a saab the tranny broke and we dnfd the ironic thing about the banning of group b was it only took a few years before group a cars were eclipsing the stage time records set by group b cars on stages where you could make direct comparisons ie the same stage ran the same way exactly the same length even though the power was down the difference was the handling got better better stiffer chassis better shocks differential technology improved etc